American and Commonwealth Period

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Across
  1. 2. - This 1898 treaty ended the Spanish-American War and transferred the Philippines to U.S control
  2. 5. - Indigenous People's ___ Act was passed in 1997 to recognize the rights of IP's to their ancestral lands
  3. 6. - The first Philippine Commission, also known as ____ Commission
  4. 7. - Spanish controlled regions and one of the three distinct political entities before U.S unification
  5. 8. - Which region remained politically marginalized during American colonial period.
  6. 9. - A transitional period in Philippine history when the country was a self-governing commonwealth under the U.S., preparing for full independence.
  7. 10. - The surname of the first president of the Philippine Commonwealth.
Down
  1. 1. - A major challenge faced by the Commonwealth government
  2. 3. - McKinley's proclamation claiming the U.S came as friends, not conquerors is the "Benevolent ____ Proclamation"
  3. 4. - A proposed U.S. bill introduced by Senator Robert Bacon in 1926 that aimed to separate Mindanao and Sulu from the rest of the Philippines